Man arrested after 15 immigrants are found alive in back of a truck in England
A man in his 50s has been arrested on suspicion of assisting with illegal entry after 15 people were found alive in the back of a truck in Wiltshire, England. The fifteen…
Our roads are not as bad as they are portrayed – Fashola
Babatunde Fashola, the minister of works and housing, says Nigerian roads are not as bad as they are portrayed to be. Addressing state house correspondents on Wednesday…
Sanwo-Olu to present 2020 budget tomorrow
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will present year 2020 budget to the House of Assembly on Friday. It will be his inaugural budget presentation since he assumed…
Troost -Ekong happy to extend Udinese stay
Super Eagles defence ace William Troost-Ekong has said he is happy to stay at Udinese after his contract was extended by Serie A outfit Udinese to June 2023. The Nigeria international…
As Bayelsans, Kogites go to war on November 16
VOTERS in Bayelsa and Kogi will step out on Saturday, November 16, to perform their civic duty: electing governors who will superintend the affairs of their states in the next four years. In a democracy, that…
Deface Your Uniform And Get Punished – NYSC Rings Warning Bell To The Corps Members
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has warned corps members against defacing the NYSC uniform. Ibrahim, in a statement issued on Wednesday in…
Mark Zuckerberg Should Pay Price For Damage To Democracy – Hillary Clinton
Mark Zuckerberg “should pay a price” for what he is doing to democracy, Hillary Clinton has said, as she expressed doubts about whether free and fair elections were even…
Sanwo-Olu drops ‘Your Excellency’ title, says only God is excellent
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos state governor, has announced his decision to drop the title of ‘Your Excellency’. The governor conveyed his decision in a statement he signed and issued on…
Bayelsa guber: Jonathan, Gov. Wike absent at PDP mega rally
Former President Goodluck Jonathan and the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, were conspicuously absent at the grand finale of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
Mustafi blames Emery’s tactics, team mates for 1-1 draw at Vitoria Guimaraes
Arsenal defender, Shkodran Mustafi, has questioned Unai Emery’s decision to play with a back three, following their 1-1 draw with Vitoria in Guimaraes. Mustafi had opened the scoring…
Reps investigate N126.03b unclaimed share dividends
The House of Representatives has directed its Committee on Capital Market and Institutions to investigate unclaimed share dividends in the capital market, valued at over…
Winners emerge in the FCMB flexxtern 4.0 contest
Another set of thirty young Nigerian graduates are ready to gain first-hand work experience and employment opportunity in the corporate world under the fourth edition of the…
FCMB Excites Nigerians at COPA Lagos Beach Soccer Tournament
The 2019 edition of the COPA Lagos Beach Soccer Tournament, sponsored by First City Monument Bank (FCMB) came to an exciting end on Sunday, November 3, with a…
Ndukwe quits Access Bank board
MR Ernest Ndukwe on Tuesday relinguished his directorship from Access Bank as as an independent Non-Executive Director. This was contained in a statement issued by Mr Sunday…
More rapes, few convictions
Rape perpetrators are seldom convicted. MICHELLE AGOH finds that behind this are the fact that the prosecutorial arm of the police is poorly funded and rape…
BREAKING: Sowore meets bail conditions
The convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, and co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, charged with treasonable felony, among others have met the bail conditions imposed on them.…
Policeman die as burning building collapsed in Lagos
The front section of the six-storey building gutted by fire on Tuesday in Lagos Island has collapsed, killing a policeman at the scene, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).NAN reports that part of the…
Minister orders cut of data rate
PRICE of mobile data services must go down, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, said on Tuesday. He directed the Nigerian…
Alleged looters list: Everybody treated me like a plague – Dokpesi
The Chairman , Daar Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dopkesi, on Tuesday told FCT High Court Apo, that everybody treated him like a plague after his name appeared on the looters’ list…
Maina will jump bail if granted, says EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has claimed that the former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, is not a responsible citizen but a…
Two brothers to spend five years in jail over $788 scam
Justice J. K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced two brothers to five years imprisonment for…
Buhari can rule Nigeria from anywhere, says Oshiomhole
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari can work from anywhere in the world, All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole declared on Tuesday. Oshiomhole spoke when…
France docks Nigerian Pastor Omoregie, 23 others for prostitution network
A Nigerian pastor Stanley Omoregie and 23 other suspected members of a sex trafficking ring accused of forcing Nigerian women into prostitution will go on trial today in Lyon,…
LIRS will remain independent, says Sanwo-Olu
THE Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Sanwo-Olu has assured that the autonomy enjoyed by the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) will not be tampered with. Sanwo-Olu, who spoke…